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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
A Remedy for LuckjaW.
AN EXPERIMENTAL CURE WHICH
EXCITES GREAT INTEREST.

AN EXPERIMENTAL CURE WHICH
EXCITEs GREAT INTEREST.
CHICAGO, July John Kelle-
her, OF this city, was afflicted with
tetanic lockjaw resulting from the
puncturing of the skin OF his big
toe May 20 by rusty nail. He
was put under the influence OF
ether, but the sponge had scarcely
been applied when he developed a
maniacal strength and darted for
a window. 1t required four men to
hold him while another anesthetic
was applied. An incision four
inches in length and three in width
was then made Just behind the hip
bone. The sciatic nerve was then
exposed and a strong metallic
sound was passed beneath the
nerve and stretched downward
with pressure of 175 pounds
The incision was then dressed
with iOdoform and sewed up. An
other incision three lpchesin length
was made in the groin past the
femoral artery, until the crural
nerve was exposed. Here the
nerve was drawn down from the
spinal cord with a pressure OF fifty
pounds. This is the first time this
remedy for lOck.jaw has been at.
tempted in the West. and the re-
suits are watched with great in
terest by the medical profession.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
What Is an Editor ?

An editor is a mule whose
buzness is to investigate a nus
paper. He writes editorials, grinds
out poetry, inse rts de tbs and we'd
dings, sorts manuscript, keeps a
waste. basket, blows up the "devil,"
steals matter, 6tes ont other peo.
ple's battles, sells his paper Tor
$3.50 a year, takes white beans and
apple sass for pay when he can
get it, RACES a large lamily, works
nineteen hour 8 out of twentyfour,
nose no Sunday, gets damned bi
everybody, Ii YES poor, dies middle
aged and often broken-hearted,
leaves no m amy, is rewarded for a
life of toll by short but free
obituary puff in the nuspapers.-
Josh BiIlit lgS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
MARRIAGE AND DEATH SUpEHSTITIONS,

The BRIDE must not keep the pms
which fastened her wedding dress.
It is bad luck TO whistle or hum
the air that a band plays at a fun
eral.
"Twice bridesmaid, never a
bride," Is a prOverb which needs nc
comment.
Marry at the time OF the moons
waning aPf yonr good luck will
wane aIsQS
If two marriages are celebrated
simultaneously, one Of the hus
bands will die.
Fair or foul weather upon ones
wedding day augurs a happy or
unhappy married life.
lfa girl who is engaged accident
ally lets a knife fall, it is a sign that
her lover is coming.
The girl who steps, accidentally
or otherwise, on cats tail need
not expect to be married the same
year.
The husband must never take of
his wedding.riDg; to take it Of Will
insure him bad luck Of some kind.
1.-two persons think and express
the same thought at the same time,
one of them will die before the year
passes.
1.-two young girls are com5ing
the hair of a third at the same time,
it may be granted that the young
est OF the three will soon die.
It's bad luck to c<oss a funeral
procession, or to count the number
of carriages in it: if you do count
them, you may expect to die after
the expiration Of as many as there
were carriages at the funeral.
If at the cemetery there be any
unusual delay in burying the dead,
caused by any unlocked for circum-
stances, such as the tomb proving
too small to admit the coffin, it is a
sign that the deceased is selecting
a companion from among those
present, and one of the mOurners
must soon die.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
While she Waited he was pIng.
A LOUISIANA DOCTOR COMtITS SUI
eide AN THE HOUR FOR
HIS WEDDING.

Some days ago DR.. JON A. Gull
lon, a prominent phyician, OF
Avoyelles Parish, La, came to
New Orleans for the 'urpose OF
getting married. He had been
sick for some time, bit had ap-
psrently recovered. Wednesday
he made all the arrangements for
his marriage and was very cheerful
when he bade his sweetheart good
by. That night he went to a Sec
ond.class lodgitg-house and en-
gagged a room. Two hours later
the landlord rushed into the police
station and announced that his
lodger was dead. Policemen went
to the scenes and, learning of the
recent illness Of DR.. Cullom, attrib-
uted his death tS natural causes
Thursday morning when the coro-
ner pulled away the sheet which
covered the corpse a huge cash was
discovered in the ide of the neck,
and the breast wa covered with
clotted blood. In the pockets we're
found two plain goldwedding rings
and a pocket.knife stained with
blood. 1t was then apparent that
DIR. CullOm had become respondent,
and opening a vein in the neck, laid
down on the floor to bleed to death.
The knife was carefully closed and
replaced in the pocket. Meantime,
at the residence of the young lady,
who is said to be a public school
teacher, all arrangements had been
made for the wedding. A number
of guests had assembled, and the
coming of the bridegroom was i'm
patiently awaited. The party did
not become uneasy until s o'clock,
when, DIR. CulOm failing to put in
an appearance, they became anx.
ious about him, and the lady's rela.
tives were sent down town to look
for him. He had not told them
where he was stopping, aud moth.
ing was known of his death until
Thursday morning, when it was
published in the papers. IL was
supposed that he died suddenly of
heart disease, and the greatest as
was manifested when it
became known that he had met his
leath by his own hand.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15

A nah started ont for chnrch one
icy Sunday morning, and presently
came to a place where a little boy
was standing, who, with choking
voice, said:
"Please don't step there"
"Why not"
"Because | stepped there and fell
down. sObbed the little fellow,
who had thus taken it upon him.
self to warn the unwary passer.by
OF the danger into which he had
fallen.
There are many men in the world
who have good reasons for giving
such warning as this. The man
who has trod the dark and slippery
paths of intemperance. as he sees
the young learning to take the first
glass Of spirits or wine or beer, has
good reason to say to them, "DoH't
step there, for stepped there and
fell down" The man who has in.
dulged in gambling till he is de.
splsed by others and abhOrred by
himself, has good reason to say to
theyOung when they are entering on
the same course, "Don't step there,
for | stepped there and fell down"
How many there are today in
prison and convict settlements,
with regulations ruined and lives
blasted, who could say to the young
man tempted to enter the paths of
dishonestyand wrOng.dOIng, "Don't
step there, for stepped there and
fell down"
1t IS well for us to be warned by
the sad experience Of others, and it
is sometimes a duty for those who
have fallen by these temptations to
lift a warning voice. There are
slippery places all around us, and
thousands are passing heedlessly
along. Let us entreat them to be-
ware, and, as we remember the bit.
ter experiences of our own sinful
lives, let us say to those who are
just yielding to such temptations,
"Don't step there, for | stepped
there and fell down."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
Protection Against Train Robbers.

AUSTIN, Ten, July Ga mum
Der of railway managers have been
here in consultation With the
Governor, trying to arrive at some
plan by which railroads may be
protected from train robbers. 1t
has been determined to arm eight
men on each passenger train. The
Governor ls to have them sworn
into service as regular rangerS.-
They will be, so far as possible,
regular trainmen and will be armed
and paid by the railroad companies
To putelght men on each passenger
train will require tour hundred men
to be sworn in.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
THE IRREGULARITIES OF GEORGIA GIRLS.
lIFrom the Macon Telegraph. ]

1t is a fact that Young ladies in
the various communities have many
WAYS of handling their tongues,
and in some instances unanimity
makes certain movement charac-
teristic.
People who have sat next to
Wesleyan College girls at a music
ale will bear witness to the fact that
their tongue movement is never in
extension, but vibratOry, like the
concert of grenadier blackbirds late
in the fall.
On the other hand, the Atlanta
girl talks fast. and as she gasps for
breath in the periods where she
fears interruption thrusts her
tongue out to its full length and
begins the next sentence with
"and,D which is thrown IN as a
claim upon your attention.
The dear little Savannah girl
rattles away like infantry in a
pitched battle, and intersperses her
conversation with laughter, during
which she throws her head back as
if to have her tonsils examined,
and lets the musical member sag
in its socket.
The girls of Augusta and Albany
are very much alike in many
things; among others, in the way
they conceal their tongues. They
smile and converse gently, and the
ripple of their laughter is like the
sound of a brook running on peb-
bles hid under ferns and cllnging
willows, but not glimpse of wO-
mans weapon do they permit. The
Augusta and Albany girls marry
very young.
The Macon girl chews gum, and
gives brief exhibitions of the pink
end of her dainty tongue. The
member is worn in the shape of a
French roll while she masticates
the Unrcsisting but indestructible
quid, and as she labOrs thus con-
centric semicircles enclOses her
mouth like brackets around an
Interpolation, and she in for the
time beng voiceless, for the "gulick,
gulick, gulicx," that is borne to the
ear is not a voice note, but merely
suction caused by the teeth enter
ing aud leaving the chewing gum.
Anybody who has heard COW
walk through a mud.hOle will un-
derstaDd the sound attempted in
the description. 1t is said that the
Macon girl before she took to gum
was the sweetest little creature in
the world, and no one ever thought
enough about her tongue, after
catching sight of her lips and eyes,
to notice what she did with it.
Perhaps she will reform some day.
We shall see.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
Flying Through the Air.
JUMPED FROM A BALLOON AT AN
ALTITUDE OF FIVE THOU
SAND FEET.

QUINCY, ILL, July "a thrill
ing performance was enacted here
yesterday az the the principal at
traction of the celebration. Tim
Baldwin, the aerOnaut, was adver-
tised to jump from captive bal
loon at an elevation of 1000 feet.
At few minutes past o'clock
Baldwin Jumped into the basket.
The balloon was cut loose and rose
gradually into the air, carried east
warI by the wind. When about
1000 feet high Baldwin grasped the
ring of his parachute, which hung
from the netting and gave the lines
"A shake, Strengthening them out.
He parted the ropes between the
ring and the basket and steadied
himself for the leap.
The balloon in the meantime had
reached an altitude of 1900 feet.
The watching thousand were CIV
ing up, and in few moments more
would have started home. Another
movement is visible in the balloon.
The cotton of the parachute is
shaking in the wind, and interest
IN Baldwin and the balloon Is
again excited.
The plucky man has Jumped.
For a hundred feet he drops like
lead. The parachute partially fills
and the next hundred feet the We
locity is decreased. The crowd
holds it's breath. Not a sound is
heard. Every eye is turned on the
man suspended in air hanging by
his hand 1000 feet above the earth.
He shakes his foot, the crowd takes
it as q signal and a huzza breaks
forth that might have encouraged
the plucky man in his perllous
descent. He now travels at a
slower pace, though the parachute
has not filled. The cords are
tangled, and though the speed is
sIackened the parachute careens in
its downward course and the tired
arOnaut sways with his umbrella.
In three minutes and twenty
seconds after leaving his balloon
Baldwin's feet strike terra firma.-
The rope strings about his wrists
relax an instant and then tighten,
as the wind catches the parachute
and turns him over couple Of
times before he is able to release his
hands. With a quick movement
the parachute collapses, leaving
him PROSTATE for a moment after
the most perilOus aerial voyage
ever chronicled, and two miles from
his starting point. When Baldwin
left the balloon it was at an altitude
of 5000 feet and a mile east of his
starting point.
BUFFALO, July "a telegram
from Olean states that Edwin
Clarage, an acrobat and 1ronaut
in the employ of Professor Meyer,
fell from his balloon while making
an ascension yesterday. and is
dying of his injuries.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
| ore and Ice Cream,

The young man VIII o has tori"
affection for some fair >da"'
delighte d to take q stro,i a"
that soothing iDsde nOe' only 10 DC
found in a sS%mer evening" when
the n oor shines in a soft light,
lie with his est girl strOlls
.nro ngh the fitting shadows, in ii
hea yen OF delight, and brings up
at an lee cream saloon, where the
fair creature disp'oses OF four
sauceSs of cream and the cake ac-
compartment, when to his sorrow
bA finds he has only slick ten cent
piece in his pocket, he then wishes
he had not strolled.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
GOVERNED BY THE WOON.

Harris Gillette, well-to.do old
farmer OF Sidney, y. T., has the
hobby of strictly governing all his
doings by the phrases of the moon.
Interviewed on the subject, he un-
folded his creed as follows: 81 al
ways 90 by the moons changes, be-
cause then | know Pm right. | see
a great deal in the papers about
how to choose a COW, but | can tell
you a rule worth all the rest. If a
COW is born when the horns of the
moon point down, then she will be
good mixer, but If born when
the horns point up, then she will
run to nothing bat skin and bone.
| always butcher cattle and hogs
in the new of the moon, and then |
have quarter more meat. | al
ways SOW and plant III the new OF
the moon, and haYe better crops
than my neighbors. / always build
fences when the horns of the moon
point up, and put on the stakes and
riders when the horns point down /;
then the two pull together, and my
fences never fall down. Our school
house, contrary to my advice, was
rooted in the full of the moon, and
it leaks badly, and last winter all
the children had the measles. |
once attended camp.lneetlng, and
got converted in the dark of the
moon, but I soon backslided won
derfully. Since then got convert
ed again in the light of the moon
and my religion has stuck to me
ever since"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
A LADY CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED BY A
COL0RED MAN.

PETERSBURG, VA, July IA
few DAYS ago Mrs. Savadge, a high
ly respectable LADY, living in Surry
county, was walking out in the
woods near her home, when she
discovered a negro man named
Reuben Coleman concealed in the
woods. Mrs. Savadge became frigh T.
ened. and ran off in the direction
of home, when the negro pursued
and overlook her. lie then threw
her to the ground, and committed
an assault on her. In her strng-
giles with the negro Mrs. Savadse
had most of her clothing torn ifom
her person and also he- shoes MI
Savadge was in the pasture snort
distance from where the assault
was made upon his wife, hut Mrs.
Sayadpe was unable to make an
outcry because her assaYant, alter
choking her, placed his hands over
her mouth. Search was at once
made for Coleman, VINO was soon
| found and committed toJall' Ever
since the assault wa committed
the feeling againt Coleman has
been very bitter, and repeated
threats oflynchlus have been made.
At an early nor yesterday morn.
ing a large pc,se of men, white and
colored arAed with pistols, guns
and kni,es, gathered in the vicini-
90 y, me Jail for the purpose of
l., ching the culprit, but daylight
came on before everything could be
got in readiness for the attack up
on the Jail. Last night another
posse of men gathered at the jail,
and it is reported here tonight that
Coleman has been lynched.
a terrific electric storm burst
over the city this afternoon, accom-
panied by the heaviest ram known
here since 1864. The rain fell III
solid sheets for two hours, ana
many out.bouses located on branch
es were washed away. Some por'
tions of the lower section of the city
we're completely submerged. Llght'
ninc struck in several places
Among fbe buildings struck was
the virginia Normal and Collegiate
Institute. which was somewhat
w. F. Doyle, a tele-
oraph operator, was knocked from
Iis stool while sending a message.
A number of washOuts are report
od and great damage has been done
to the crops.
lnaa frIa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
4 Very Singular Circumstance.

The most singular case OF deaf
ness I've ever had anything to do
with,' SAID the family physician,
sis that of woman up on Fremont
place. She has such a frightful
noise in her bead that she can't
hear a thing except when she's in
a herdic, when the rattle of the We
hicle sort of browns the noise IN
her head, aud she can then hear as
well as ever. She observed this
peculiarity OF her ailllction, and
what dll she do the other night
but bring home a watchman's rat
tie and a pair OF symbals. She
didn't say anything untll her hus'
band came home and sat down to
dinner. He began to ask the bless.
ing, and she, wishing to hear bis re-
marks, began to bang away on the
symbals. He stopped tight in the
midst Of his devOtiOns, and asked
her Grathfully if she was crazy, to
which she responded by wbooplng
it up a little louder, whereupon he
rushed over to my house and SAID
his wife was raving lunatlc. |
went back with him to try aud tx
up matters, but just as soon as
| opened my mouth she let hy with
the watchman's rattle. The out
come of 1t is that my friend gets all
his meals down town and spends
his evenings at the City Club
while his wife, armed With hel
orchestra, goes calling on hel
neighbors, and tools the children
! into believing that the circus h"'
come again.-BafdlO Courier.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
Interesting Experiences.

Hiram Cameron, Furniture Deal
er of Columbus, GA, tells his ex-
perience, thus: "FOr three years
have tried every remedy on the
market for Stomach and Kidney
Disorders. but got no relief, until
| used Electric Bitters. Took five
bottles and am now cured, and
think Electric Bitters the Best
Blood Purifier in the world.'-
Major A. b Reed, Of West Liberty,
Ky, used Electric Bitters for AN
old stand z Kidney affection and
says: IN Thing has ever done me
so much oiod as Electric Bitters.'
Sold a fifty cents a bottle Oy b'
Schmitt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15

Mrs. Colonel Yerger is con-
tinual source of embarrassment to
her husband. Colonel Yerger re-
Gently gave a dinner party to a
few select ladies and gentlemen
Of course be vas called on for an
after dinner speech. Col. Yerger
got up, and, assuming an imposing
position, began: "Ladles and gen.
tIemen unprepared as am-being
wholly unprepared to make a
speech - beng Unprepared--"
He was unable to proceed. There
was a painful silence, which was
broken by Mrs. Yerger saying :
"Why, Colonel, yOu knew u po'
fectly this morning"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
A MATRIMONIAL MIX.
MRS. MILLER'S FOUR EXCHANGES
BETWEEN TWO HUSBANDS IN
FIVE YFARs-THE FINAL LEGAL
SETTLEMENT.

PITTsBURG, July 5.-About five
years ago Joseph Miller was mar
ried to Miss Elizabeth Hlnemarch,
the daughter of respected West
End family. Miller was puddler,
and was employed at Lindsay 81
McCutcheOn's mill in Allegheny.
The young couple lived happily for
nearly a year, when Miller got out
of work and left for another city in
search of employment. Shortly
after he went away news came to
his wife's ears, and in a year she
became the wife of r. Il. Connor, a
bosom friend of husband No. /.
They had not lived together a year
before Miller put in an appearance.
A consultation was held, and re-
suited in husband No. / verbally
agreeing to release all claims to his
wife to Connor, the latter agreeing
to support and care for her as his
lawfully welded wife.
In a few months ConnOr and his
wife quarrelled. Then he was will
ing to resign his position as hus
band and give back to Miller his
wife. The release was made and
husband No. returned to the soil.
tary life OF a bachelor and took up
his abode on Ann street. Miller
then lived with his wife for a few
months, when he also found that
his life would be more pleasant il
he parted from her; they separated
Miller went to board on Rebecca
street, Allegheny, his wife remain
ing with her mother in Shalerville.
II was not long until Connor learn
ed of the separation and he again
presented himself as a candidate
for her husband and was accepted.
A short time ago a bitter feeling
began to spring up in both men
that showed signs of serious culml-
nation. 1t was deemed necessary
for husband No. to withdraw and
Thomas Hinemarch, father OF
Mrs. Miller (as she now is) cane to
Alderman Richards office lasteye-
ming with his daughter to lave
some arrangement for peace made
AS result the following tocu'
ment was formulated before the
magistrate:
"PITTsBURG, July 4, 1S37.-
Article OF agreement made thli
day between Joseph Miller, Eliza
beth Miller, and r. L. Connor.-
Joseph Miller and Elizabeth Mile
agree to live as man and wife, ant
r. L. Conner agrees to leave he
as lawful husband and not go nea
while they remain together as vie
and husband IRON this date.'
The document was brought back
to the Office by Mr.. Miller himself
and agreed to before the nagiS-
trate. The parties all lef' the
Office in good spirits, Mrs. illler
arrearing to be the best satisfied
Mr.. Conner will return to hisbach-
elor home on the South Sidt lie
is a bottIe-maker by trae, and
has quite a respectable ncome'
Mr.. Miller will live with Is wife
at her mothers home in Ihalers-
vile.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
School Teachers as Old Maids.

''HOw does it happen that there
are so many old maids among the
school teachers ?" asked a reporter
of teacher the other day. "Be-
cause school teachers are, as a rule,
women OF sense and no woman
will give up a sixty.dollar position
for a ten.dollar man," was the re-
pIy.-CarterSuilie (Ga.) COurGnt.